IIS 6.0 and perl

Hello,
this is probably an easy question, but i spent alot of time trying to get a simple perl script to on IIS 6.1... and i usually work with apache when it comes to scripts...

is there anything special i need to configure on IIS 6.0 to make it run perl/iwperl/cgi scripts?

i tried different settings from google/microsoft site/ and many forums but i cant get this script to run on IIS:
[HTML]
print "Content-type: text/html \n\n";
print "\n Report \n\n\n";
print "";
print"\n

My Page Perl

\n\n\n";
[/HTML]

i saved it as test.pl / test.ipl / test.cgi and it nevers runs, then i run http:\\theIP\test.ipl or \test.cgi when i run it using iwperl or perl it executes just fine.
also when run http:\\theIP\index.html the page is up... so the site is working, it s just not executing the script...

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ccprofessional

Tell me why a c++ program with a bunch of print statements will not be rendered by IIS and you can answer your own question!

Adam Stoller

Hello,
this is probably an easy question, but i spent alot of time trying to get a simple perl script to on IIS 6.1... and i usually work with apache when it comes to scripts...

is there anything special i need to configure on IIS 6.0 to make it run perl/iwperl/cgi scripts?

i tried different settings from google/microsoft site/ and many forums but i cant get this script to run on IIS:
[HTML]
print "Content-type: text/html \n\n";
print "\n Report \n\n\n";print "";print"\n
My Page Perl
\n\n\n";
[/HTML]

i saved it as test.pl / test.ipl / test.cgi and it nevers runs, then i run http:\\theIP\test.ipl or \test.cgi when i run it using iwperl or perl it executes just fine.
also when run http:\\theIP\index.html the page is up... so the site is working, it s just not executing the script...

Is that the entire script - 1st line to last line?
Also - isn't <title> supposed to be within a <head>...</head> container?

ISCBorisB

Tell me why a c++ program with a bunch of print statements will not be rendered by IIS and you can answer your own question!

You can certainly configure IIS to run perl CGI scripts and render the output back to http(s) Client.
For that matter, you can write ISAPI dll for IIS to compile C++ code on the fly, run it and render the result back.

stefanmaier

Hi,
have a look on http://www.visualwin.com/Perl/

Regards
Stefan

ccprofessional

You can certainly configure IIS to run perl CGI scripts and render the output back to http(s) Client.
For that matter, you can write ISAPI dll for IIS to compile C++ code on the fly, run it and render the result back.

Ofcourse you can. You missed the point.

ISCBorisB

Ofcourse you can. You missed the point.

Ah, let me see... What might have been the point?

- Scorn CRB a little for simply not knowing something you do? That's why he asked a question.

is there anything special i need to configure on IIS 6.0 to make it run perl/iwperl/cgi scripts

- Showing how smart you are?
Did I miss another one?

Migrateduser

You need to setup a cgi-bin folder as shown in the link in Stefan's post.

That is the correct solution.

Also, your code will work fine. Yes, title should be within a head tag, but that won't affect whether it will work, just puts your code out of standards. Best to add the head tag, that's where meta, link, script, and other tags will go later if needed.

CRB

thank you allllll for the input Smiley Happy

and discussion. i did get it working Finally!
the mistake i was making is:
when i was adding the .ipl/.cgi extension to the web services extensions, i was adding

\iw-home\iw-perl\bin\iwperl.exe where it should be

\iw-home\iw-perl\bin\iwperl.exe "%s" %s

and it will suprise some of you, but i dont even need cgi-bin folder (C:\inetpub\cgi-bin)... it reads the scripts from my website home directory! Smiley Happy

and yes this http://www.visualwin.com/Perl/ explains the steps better than microsoft site...

i had the same steps from microsoft article but it said

\iw-home\iw-perl\bin\iwperl.exe %s %s
which throws an error and it forced me to just add

\iw-home\iw-perl\bin\iwperl.exe . the reason it wasnt taking %s %s is because i was missing " " around the first one, so i should have added "%s" %s (microsoft needs to check thier articles Smiley Very Happy

)

yes, my script looks very simple here, because i was just trying to get something executing Smiley Happy

now even the complicated script is running... thanks all!

ccprofessional

...
- Scorn CRB a little for simply not knowing something you do?

That's your assumption, not my intention.

Did I miss another one?

Yes. But i'm not telling what ;-)

Migrateduser

and it will suprise some of you, but i dont even need cgi-bin folder (C:\inetpub\cgi-bin)... it reads the scripts from my website home directory!

Actually, didn't surprise me. Creating a "cgi-bin" virtual directory is just a standard way of doing the setup in IIS, you can call the virtual directory whatever you want, put it into whatever location you want. You can setup the root of you IIS web to process all perl files (like you did). You can even have it process filenames with extensions called monkeybutt instead of pl or cgi.

CRB

Originally Posted by ISCBorisB
...
- Scorn CRB a little for simply not knowing something you do?

That's your assumption, not my intention.

lol never heard of scorn before so i googled it Smiley Very Happy

and i am depressed now, because somebody tried to scorn me lol

<SCRIPT type=text/javascript> </SCRIPT>scorn (skôrn)
n.

- Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy.
- The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision.
One spoken of or treated with contempt.

v., scorned, scorn·ing, scorns.

v.tr.

To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy.
To reject or refuse with derision. See synonyms at despise.

v.intr. To express contempt; scoff.

[Middle English, from Old French escarn, of Germanic origin.]

scorner scorn'er n.
scornful scorn'ful adj.
scornfully scorn'ful·ly adv.
scornfulness scorn'ful·ness n.

scorn

noun

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n

Definition: contempt toward something
Antonyms: approval, delight, pleasure

v

Definition: hold in contempt; look down on
Antonyms: admire, approve, like, love

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Library > Words > Word Tutor <SCRIPT type=text/javascript></SCRIPT>scorn

IN BRIEF: Disdain, reject, to regard with contempt.

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Library > Reference > WordNet Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words. The noun scorn has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Synonyms: contempt, disdain, despite

Meaning #2: open disrespect for a person or thing
Synonym: contempt

The verb scorn has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: look down on with disdain
Synonyms: contemn, despise, disdain

Meaning #2: reject with contempt
Synonyms: reject, spurn, freeze off, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down

ISCBorisB

Yes. But i'm not telling what ;-)

Finally, I've got it! To increase your post count? Did not look like it was to provide any help to CRB...